We cannot alter the law, we are bound by our oaths to proceed…

I am far from being such a Judge as shall lay any intolerable yoke upon any one's neck.

No counsel in the world that understand themselves, can argue anything against what has been often settled and always practised.

An universal custom is a law, and I know no distinction between lex mercatoria and consuetudo mercaborum.

My judgment ought to be given for the plaintiff: but my brothers are all of another opinion, and so I submit to it. The defendant must have his judgment.

We cannot make a law, we must go according to the law. That must be our rule and direction.

It is expected you should do your best for those you are assigned for, as it is expected in any other case, that you do your duty for your client.